Cotton Talks Tough on Russian Non-Compliance to INF Treaty

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Cotton Talks Tough on Russian Non-Compliance to INF Treaty
By: John Grady
July 17, 2017 3:24 PM • Updated: July 18, 2017 11:27 AM

Saying “we cannot afford to stand aside” while Russia ignores the 30-year-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, an outspoken member of the Senate Armed Services Committee said one way to bring the Kremlin into compliance was for Washington to withdraw from two pacts Moscow views as crucial to its security.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the United States could step away from the Strategic Arms Reduction and “Open Skies” treaties and that would send a message that Washington no longer accepts Vladimir Putin’s “pattern of bad behavior.”


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhSlNK5jD6I

Continued: https://news.usni.org/2017/07/17/cotton-talks-tough-russian-non-compliance-inf-treaty

This and other interesting speeches and interviews have been on the C-Span channels.